Improvement in gate



geiten 'tatrs atent @frn WILLIAM E. NICHOLS, OF BALDWIN, MISSOURI.

Letters Pacnt No. 81,196,1Zated August IS, 1868.

' IMPROVEMENT IN GATE.

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'IO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. NICHOLS, of Baldwin, in the county of St. Louis, and State of vMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will en able others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partlot this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation'of my improved apparatus, and

Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. v

The nature of my invention relates to improvements in gates for road and farm-use, the object of which is to provide a simple and convenient means for opening and closing them without dismounting from tho carriage or horse.

Itconsists in an arrangement of cords and pulleys for eect-ing the above-describedobject, and the necessary posts for supporting the same, as will he` more fully described on reference to the accompanying drawings, whereiny A. represents agate of ordinary construction, having .a high hinge-post, B, and supported in a gateway, C. The post B is provided with an arm, D, near the top, arranged in the same vertical plane as the bars of `E and E represent posts arranged on each side of the gate, at suitable distances therefrom, at or about in line with the side of the gateway to which the gate is hinged, the said posts being provided with arms at the top, arranged parallel with the gateway. i

Gra'epresents a latchepost, provided'with a catch forholding the gate open.

H represents a vertical rod connected to the latch of the gate, and projecting upward nearly to thearm D, where it is connectedto the cords I and K, which are supported by pulleys arranged, respectively, on the arms of the posts E and F, as shown at L and' M, and which pass through an eye in the end of thearm D, before being fastened to the'latcli-rod II. The cord K is also passed over a pulley, K,`before being passed through the eye ofthe arm l 'Ihe cord I is intended to be used for opening the gate, and K for shutting it.

As it is desirable to open and close the gate from either side, tho cords N and O arc also provided and arranged to work ov'er'pulleys, one on each of the posts E and F, as shown at P- and Q.

The cord Nis passed over a guiding-pulley, It, on the gateway, und a pulley, S, on the post F, and secured to the cord K, at T, and-the cord O is passed over a similar guiding-pulley, at R, and another at U, andsecured to thecord I, at V. I A t If the gate be approached from the front, ns shown in iig. I, the position of thc rider will be such that he can readily lay hold of the cord I, as it is suspended from the pulley L, and pull thereon to raise tbe latch and swing thc gate open, the latch of which will catch qin the notch of Ythe catch in the post G, whereby it will be hld'open, the gate being arranged so that the momentum will carry it suiiicicntly beyond the vertical plane of the pulley L; orthe post G nmy,it` desired, bey arranged so as to he in the same perpendicular plane with the Y pulley L.

The rider, beging passedthrough t-he gateway, will lay hold of the cord K, whereby he will unlatch the. gate from the post G, and pull it shut, as will be readily understood. n

If'the 'gate 'ce approached from the opposite side, the rider will take hold oi' tbc cord O, suspended `from the pulley Q, which boing attached to the oord I, will,in like manner, open the gate, and latch it with the catch of the pst G, and when he has passed through from that direction, he will, by taking hold o i' the cord N, suspended from the pulley P, clos'e'the gate, as described.

In practice, the p psts E -and F will be eet proportionately further from thc gate than represented in the drawings. ,The postE will require to stand Yfurther away from the gate than the post F, owing to the gate being arranged to swing in that direction.

Various modifications ofthe arrangements of the pulleys may be made, as, for instance, the guide-pulleys R may be arranged inside of the' gateway, above the top of the post ofthe gate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letuers Patent- 1. The combination, with the gate A, provided with the arm D, of the latch-rod H and cords I and K, suspended as described, for opening and closing the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The eombinetion, with the cords I and K, of the cords O and N, suspended as described, for opening and closing the gate, the same, substantially, as and-for the purpose described.

WILLIAM E. NICHOLS.

Witnesses E'. ECKERMAN, JOHN SCHULTZ. 

